Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission & payloads
Earlier this month, we took a look at the recent developments from JAXA and their European partners with regards to Hayabusa 2 and the MASCOT hopper rover.
In the following days of...
5 pieces of space junk that landed in Indonesia
The information in this article was originally published at Kumparan, in Bahasa Indonesia.
A fascinating feature article by Indonesian crowdsourced news platform Kumparan was published today, detailing five significant pieces of space...
5 Australian space startups to watch
With a lively Newspace industry and numerous space startups, it is no wonder that Australians are currently lobbying for their government to set up its own space agency. This year, the...
SES talks about its APAC strategy and the future of the industry
Largest satellite operator SES may be based in Luxembourg but has global operations worldwide, operating more than 70 geostationary (GEO) satellites and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and having regional offices in...
ISRO’s activities in 2017 and plans for the near future
India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has announced an upcoming launch in December 2017. This is likely to be ISRO’s last launch of the year, and will feature...
The Sungazers: Asian solar missions
On August 12th, NASA launched their Parker Solar Probe on a Delta V from Cape Canaveral. The 1.5 billion USD probe, which is designed to examine the outer corona of our...
Interview: COO of Odysseus Space on Taiwan, laser technologies & automation in space
Odysseus Space is a NewSpace company founded in Taiwan in 2016, by three French engineers. In 2018, Odysseus opened a second office in Luxembourg, after winning the Luxembourg Space Agency’s SpaceResources.lu...
Interview: One Space CEO on its progress, plans, and China’s space industry
One Space is a Chinese startup currently developing launch vehicles for the small satellite and microsatellite market. The company was founded in 2015 by Shu Chang, who graduated from Beihang University...
Hungary’s Space Activities (Part 2): The smallsat programme & PocketQube missions
In Part 1 of this 2-part interview series, SpaceTech Asia interviewed János Solymosi, Founder & Director for Aerospace & Defense at BHE Bonn Hungary Electronics (BHE), on the traditional space industry...
Japan brings Ryugu asteroid samples home
Yesterday, 6 December 2020 at around 3 a.m JST (UTC+9), Japan’s re-entry capsule containing samples from the asteroid Ryugu landed in Woomera, South Australia.
The capsule was part of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission...